Position Overview
- Location Type: Remote
- Job Type: Full-Time
- Salary: $238K - $280K
Vanta is a company focused on securing the internet and protecting consumer data. Their Vendor Risk Management (VRM) product helps companies evaluate and prove the security of their vendors. This role focuses on the Data Platform initiative within the VRM team, aiming to continuously retrieve and enrich data about vendors to provide comprehensive risk monitoring. Vanta is experiencing rapid growth and offers career-defining opportunities for engineers.
Requirements
- Experience: 10+ years of industry experience.
- Leadership: Experience leading large/complex projects spanning multiple quarters or teams/functions. (Technical Leadership experience is a plus)
- System Design: Experience driving system design/architecture and data modeling for one or more product areas.
- Data Pipelines: Experience with data pipelines and data systems.
- Bonus: Experience with Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI).
- Product Experience: Experience building user-facing SaaS products, ideally for both startups and enterprise users.
Responsibilities
- Identify, scope, and lead large technical projects, laying the groundwork for building highly performant, reliable, and customizable systems.
- Influence the development of high-ROI product features and supporting infrastructure to accelerate the roadmap and land impact faster.
- Make effective tradeoffs considering business priorities, user experience, and a sustainable technical foundation.
- Act as a cultural beacon, role modeling effective and collaborative behaviors and upleveling engineers across the organization.
Application Instructions
- Visit the Vanta Engineering Blog to learn more about the team’s work: https://link-to-vanta-engineering-blog (Note: A direct link was not provided in the original job description).
Company Information
- Mission: To secure the internet and protect consumer data.
- Product: Vendor Risk Management (VRM) – a tool for software buyers to evaluate vendor security.
- Market Opportunity: $5-$10B ARR with a 10.8% CAGR.
- Growth: Rapidly scaling company.
Skills
Vanta
Automates SOC 2 compliance for businesses
About Vanta
Vanta simplifies the process of obtaining and maintaining SOC 2 certification, which is essential for organizations that manage sensitive customer data. The company offers a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform that automates numerous checks to ensure that security controls are effective and compliant with industry standards. This automation helps small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and tech companies monitor risks and vulnerabilities continuously, significantly reducing the time and cost associated with achieving SOC 2 compliance. Vanta's subscription-based model provides clients with a more efficient and cost-effective way to maintain compliance compared to traditional methods. The goal of Vanta is to transform the compliance process, allowing organizations to focus on their core operations while enhancing their security posture.